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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-01
Hearty Food.

From Professor Atwater's article in
the Century, we quote the following:
Il well remember how the sensible and
thrifty New England people among
whom my bOyhood was spent used to
talk about hearty victuals,' and how
prevalent were the doctrines that "a
hard-wOrking man wants real hearty
food, and that the children ought to
have hearty food but not too hearty
"With these eminently orthodox
tenets the science of nutrition in its
newest Developments is in fullest ac-
cord. But there always used to be an
unsatisfactory vagueness about them.
never could make out exactly what
were hearty foods, and i'm just what
their heartiness consisted 1t has since
occurred to me that these words express
one of the ideas which the unerring
sense and instinct of man have wrought
out of his long experience, but have
waited for science to put into clear
and definite form. The synonym with
which our science defines this idea is
energy. Hearty foods are those in
which there is an abundance Of poten-
tial energy.
The lumbermen in the Maine forests
work intensely in the cold and SHOWS
OF winter and in the icy water in spring.
To endure the severe labor and cold,
they must have food to yield a great
deal of heat and strength. Beans and
fat pork are staple articles of diet with
them, and are used in very large
quantities. The beans supply protein
to make up for the wear and tear of
muscle, and they, and more especially
the pork, are very rich in energy to be
used for warmth and work.
II cannot vouch for the following,
which has just struck my eye in daily
paper, but if it is true. the workmen
were sound in their physiology:
"a lot of woodchoppers who worked
for. Mr.. Sin H-stopped work
the other day, and sent spokesman
to their employer, who said that the
men were satisfied with their wages
and most other, things. but didn't like
your fresh meat; that's too fancy, and
hain't got strength into it. Mr.. s.
gave them salt pork three times o day,
and peace at once resumed its sway"
1.-The use of oily and fatty foods in
arctic regions is explained by the great
potential energy of fat, pound of
which is equal to over two pounds of
protein or starch. have been greatly
surprised to see, on looking into the
matter, how commonly and largely the
fatter kinds of meat are used by men
engaged in very hard labor. Men in
training for athletic contests, as
oarsmen and football teams, eat large
quantities of meat. l have often
queried why SO much fat beef is used,
and especially mutton is often recon-
mended in preference to beef for train
ing diet. Both the beef and the mutton
are rich in protein, which makes mus
Gle. Mutton has the advantage of con-
tanning more fat along with the protein,
and hence more potential energy.
Perhaps this is another case in which
experience has led to practice, the real
grounds for which have later been ex-
planned by scientific research"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-01
Shetland Ponies.

j. R. Meiklejohn, from the Brassay
island. one of the most important ISL
ands of the Shetland group, is in this
city, says the New York Tribane. He
is the representative of the marquis of
Londonderry at the Shetland islands,
where the marquis has large live stock
interests, and is also a regular and ex-
tensive breeder of the pure-bloOded
Shetland pony, which is becoming so
popular in this country. He said:
About fifteen years ago the marquis
of Londonderry organized his breed
ing establishment on Brassay island,
as the crofters paid no attention or
care in breeding marketable animals.
By a careful selection of the best stock
then eXtant the marquis established
his foundation herd from which he has
been breeding ever since. The object
which he has had in view was to pro-
duce in this diminutive-sized horse an
animal which should be most perfect
in form and possessing strength and
intelligence. His herd Is now COM
posed only of the carefully-selected and
pedigree stock.
Iceland ponies, which are of little
fame as compared with the Shetlands,
are often sold in the United States as
Shetland ponies, and at times in large
numbers. In fact, more ponies are
sold in the United States in a yeBr as
Shetlanders than are bred in that time
on the Shetland islands. American
breeders of thoroughbred horses and
cattle who also breed ponies should
give this Shetland question a little
closer attention, and not take every
pony that is offered as a Shetlander
without some guarantee or positive
proof. What is the best proof? Why,
the ponies themselves. All pure
blooded Shetlanders are small, none of
them more than forty-two inches high,
and from that down to thirty-two
inches. They are well shaped, short
limbed, bright colored. have long
names and tails, and are smooth-coated
after they pass their Sd year. They are
quick, intelligent, docile, and easy to
break for driving or riding, and look
exactly like Clydesdale horses. Why
don't / send some of the marquis
horses to the United States? Well,
the fact is that the marquis uses eight
hundred of them at a time in his coal
mines in the north of England, and it
takes quite large herd to supply this
demand alone. Last year l sent
through New York agent forty-tive
ponies for Kentucky, and ] have Just
brought similar lot with me on the
steamer Crystal. They are now rest
ing from the fatigue of their voyage
before being forwarded to their new
owners.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-01
Fresh Mummies Dug Out.

The following are extracts from q
| private letter of Rev. James S. Dennis.
ID. D., of Newark, now in Syria:
The excavations and discoveries at
SidOn still continue with remarkable
results. The number of sarcophagi ss
present brought to light is eighteen,
and some of them are most magnih-
cent, and will rank high among
archaeological treasures. They are q
enormous size, and the sculpture In
elaborate and in perfect preservation.
Upon one of them alone are eighteen
almost detached statues, about three
feet in height. without single scratch.
and OF pure marble.
The most remarkable of them came
to light last week. 1t is an ancient
Phenician sarcophagus, which had
never been opened, and contained .
mummy and large amount of jew elrT
of great value. The mummy, when
unrolled, was found to be the body of
man in middle life, and the state Of
preservation was astonishing. The
features. and in fact the entire body,
| were intact; the flesh was tender, and
yielded to pressure; and teeth, hair, and
viscera were all in place. Upon the
outside lid of the sarcophagus is an in
scription of seven and a half lines in
Egyptian hieroglyphics. The bi-lin-
gual inscription of such an ancient date
excites great expectations. We shall
have to wait to have it deciphered by
the savants before we can know the full
value of the statements it contains.
The sarcophagus is of black basalt such
as comes from Egypt, and it may have
been made in Egypt by order from
Sidnn Tho 6ofo - 10 of
matter of conjecture as yet. 1t mag
be anywhere from 800 to 1900 B. c.,
and even older. This strange being
who has been brought forth literally
from the tomb of the ages to face the
nineteenth century-who is hep What
if he should be Ethbaal, king of the
Zidonians" and father of Jezebel, or
some older king who flourished in the
earlier days of "Great Zidon?" 1t is
more than probable that he was a royal
or princely character.
The value of this enormous find is
roughly estimated as approaching a
sum not far from $500, 900. One of the
European consuls in Beirut has offered
$25, 600 for one of the sarcophagi. It
was not accepted, and the Turkish
government is boxing the entire lot,
and have sent a special steamer to
transport them to Constantinople.
The discovery of the sarcophagus of
Ashmunazer, in 1885, just outside of
Sidon, was regarded as an important
event. 1t also had Phenician in
scriptiOn of twenty-five lines, and
several interesting data were gathered
from it. This is far more marvellous
and magnificent upturning of old
Sidonian remains.
The excavations still continue, and
other treasures may be brought to light.
A government official Handy Bey-
from Constantinople is experimenting
the operations. These are days Of
great archaeological wonders. Think
of the old Pharaohs on exhibition in
the Boulak museum IN Cairo.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-01
The Politicians Theory a Delusion.

1t is useless to talk about suppress
ing parties Parties of some kind will
always exist. 1t is as much right to
persons having convictions and inter-
ests in common in the sphere of poll
tics to combine and act lawfully to-
gether as it is for those having views
in common to thus unite and act on
the subjects of religion, charity, edu-
cation, or amusements. On the other
hand, the theory accepted by parti-
sans and muddle-headed politicians,
that party is great creative purify
ing power, almost as indispensable and
beneticent as the government itself-a
sort Of providential. sacred order of
political life, into which every man is
born, and which he can not leave with
out being traitor-this whole theory
is altogether unfounded, and is so re-
pugnant to the great facts of history
that no well-informed person can ac-
cept it, save as common delusion
about which he has never reflected
Dornlan B. Eaton in the North Aneri-
can ReCielO.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-01
Earthquakes and Architecture.

Architects should be able, by an
adherence to sound mechanical prinei-
pies, to construct buildings which
should stand against all but the severest
shocks, and much has already been
done in this way. Where choice for
the site of an intended building is
possible, the most important considera-
ton is that it should be where there has
been the greatest immunity from
vibration on previous occasions, for,
even within Very small area, differ
ent spots are very differently affected.
In most regions there is only single
important center whence earthquakes
originate, and the safe places are situ-
ated in what may be called earthquake
shadow for the prevalent vibrations.
For Just as a high wall, hill. or rail-
way cutting often completely cuts off
sounds by forming a sOund-shadow, so
a ravine or some arrangement of the
geological formation may afford earth
quake-shadow for peculiar places
1t is not in general possible to pick
out the favorable sites by mere inspec-
ton, for the distribution of vibration is
often apparently capricious- Thus
Milne tells us of a princely mansion at
Toxic (which has so great a reputa-
ton for the severity of the shakings it
receives, that its marketable value has
been considerably deprecated. and it
is now untenanted."
In town which is frequently shaken
there is no need to wait long to carry
out rough survey with seismographs.
and thus to obtain an idea of the rela-
tive shakiness of the various parts.
If such a survey is impossible, it is best
to avoid as the site for building loose
soil, such as gravel, resting on harder
strata, and the edge of scarp or bluff.
or the foot of similar eniinences.-
Professor g. a. DdrI0in, ia Popular
Science Monthly.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-01
On Top of Pixies Peak.

The signal-service man on top Of
Pixies Peak keeps the following in sight
of all visitors:
No, it does not get lonesome up here.
We wish to heaven it would during tha
tender-foot season.
The large stove in the center of the
room was packed up on the backs of
burros.
Some days you can see Denver and
some days you can't. This is one of the
days you can't.
Sometimes the wind has blown at the,
rate of 132 miles an hour, and some
times it don't blow at all.
If you have ever been on Mount
Washington don't tell any big stories
about it, as we have been there.
This is the meridian time of the.
seventy-ffth meridian, and it is two
hours faster than local time
Of course it suits us, and you are
requested not to explain in tones of
amazement.
Is this clock rightP You are at
least the 14,921st person to ask the
question.
An old-fashioned Colt over the
register has the following warning
under it: This is for the person who
writes alleged poetry, or makes other
bad breaks on the register. ."-DenUer
Republican.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-01
The Spanish Passion for Dancing.

1 presume that those who have
travelled in Spain hardly realize how
thoroughly that country is given, to
the worship of St. Vitus. Says a re-
cent writer: 1.-The dance demon seizes
on Spaniards at all times and under
all circumstances-in the streets, on
the public squares, under the pOrches
of stately mansions. A peripatetic
musician comes along, strumming his
guitar. and in an instant the maid
servants throw aside their brooms, the
work%omen set down the pitchers they
are carrying to the fountain. the mule
teers leave their mules, the innkeeper
forgets your dinner, and all spring for
ward, arms akimbO and eyes spark
ling. Their feet just touch the
ground, they balance in unison with
the music. and dance with their souls
as well as with their bodies.
Let tourist visit Toledo and put
up at the ancient hostelry De Limo,
and let guitar-player station himself
under the great sombre archway that
Don Quixote himself would not have
passed without a foreboding of evil.
He will see with his own eyes how the
natural order of things will be disar-
ranged and everything thrown into
confusion. A fandango will begin in
the court, the kitchen, and the street.
and amid such hubbub that he will
think he has taken leave of his senses.
lone day at st. Sebastian the regi-
ment passed by with band at its
head. A fandango was played.
Even the children who had been
industriously engaged in making dirt
pies pricked up their ears, caught each
other by the waist, and tried to go
through the steps. Their nurses joined
in swapping their fingers. The pass
ers by came to the assistance of the
nurses. The soldiers themselves
couldn't stand the temptation, but fell
out of the ranks and mingled in the
dance"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-01
Law In Arizona.

an, old resident of California who has
seen some very queer things and many
changes. says the San Francisco Chro7l-
fcte, got talking the other night of a
trip he made to Arizona some years
ago, just about the time of the Tomb
stone boom.
ut was quite extraordinary" he
said. 1.-The country was full of des-
peradoes and bad gamblers, and they
We're very dangerous, too. They ruled
Tombstone at that time. A friend of
mine was in Tombstone, and one day
he saw man walking quietly along
who was a noted desperate and muir
| derer-a man for whose head big re-
ward was offered. He knew the chief
of police and he went and told him
about it. Inside of the day he got a
notice that they gave him one hour to
quit Tombstone, and he quilted. Now,
at Tucson there was law and order. and
those same desperadoes who went
about shooting in Tombstone would go
down to Tucson and behave like the
most guileless of citizens. This was
mainly on accocut of an old Judge they
had there, German, who feared none
of them and had his own emphatic
knew, If they got into a scrape in
Tucson they were in for it, and they'd
get no mercy. He had, perhaps, rude
ways of carrying out the law, this old
Judge, but they were very effective.
One day a notorious character was
brought up for something. They had
the whipping-post there then. The
old judge looked at him.
GsT thinI- I caa ryo., haxora
The culprit admitted that he had
been there on several occasions.
'Wal, l just sentence you to forty
lashes. You take twenty of them to-
! morrow and then you vas released on
your own recognizances, and you come
back in a week and take the other
| twenty"
The fellow had his twenty lashes and
he hasn't been seen in Tucson since. T"
Another little example of the judges
way of doing things was the case of a
man brought up before him for firing
off q pistol in the street. or something.
They had taken $340 from him when
he was arrested.
"IjoOst fine you 5000" said the judge.
why" said the prisoner, .'in San
Francisco they would only fine me'$5
or $10."
.'You vas in Tucson, mein friend;
5000"
The man was complaining bitterly
after he paid the fine.
Don't kickr' said another. s'You
were lucky. If he'd known you had
$340 on you he'd have fined you all of
it."
Some fellow who was being tried
moved for a change of venue.
You want a change of venue? What
forP" asked the judge.
Because this court is prejudiced
against me, and 1 won't get fair
trial"
"You say this court is prejudiced
against you and you won't get fair
trial? You want change of venue,
mein friend? joost fine you $500 for
contempt of court to begin with.
Now, We'll proceed with trial."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-01
She Cured Him.

There is young married man living
in Minneapolis who is very good fel-
low, but he has fallen into the habit of
using profanity almost constantly.
His charming wife tried dozen ways
to break him of the habit without sue
cess. Finally she decided upon plan.
He came home the other evening and
remarked: Its been a h-of day,
hasn't itp" What in has been
the matter with itP" asked the wife
coolly. He looked as if he had been
struck by a cyclone. 1t required two
days to break the young man of the
habit, for his wife repeated every
4swear-word" he used in her presence.
Now he doesn't swear even when he
misses a nail and strikes his finger with
the hammer
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-01
40. She's NV Wife"

A childish remark very often pune
lures the assertions of an older head.
A friend of the Saunterer was at the
tea-table speaking of the necessity of
courtesy and the manner in which it
distinguished a gentleman from boor.
81 invariably lift my hat to lady ae-
quaintance on the street. In fact, the
practice has become such matter of
habit that it is impossible almost to
neglect this tribute of courtesy" "But
pa" remarked his little daughter, lyon
don't lift your hat to mother when you
meet her on the street; she's one lady
you don't do it to, / know" "O,"
petulantly returned the father, '.she's
my wife; l don't need to do So"
But as he made this reply his confusion
readily proved that the child had
touched vulnerable spot in his claim
to distinction for Boston
Bud0et
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-01
Got the Best OF the Doctor.

At a certain debating society an
English doctor recently urged that the
Irish were naturally a depraved and
dishonest race, and in support of his
position he adduced his own exper-
fence. He remarked that he had at
Manchester 800 Irish patients on his
books, and out of this number only
thirty paid him his fees. An lrishman
rose when the doctor sat down and
said: .Sor, there is never an effect
without cause; there is never phe-
nomenon which does not admit of an
explanation. How, sor, can We ex-
plain the extraordinary phenomenon
to which the doctor has called our at
tention? He finds an explanation in
the natural deprayity of the Irish ma
ture. I, sor, have another explana-
ton to offer, and it is this: That the
thirty patients who paid where the
only ones that recovered. London
Truth
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-01
How Mother Eve Fell.

A friend clipped the following from
o newspaper twenty years ago, and
submits it for republication as about
the most reasonable theory extant of
Ewes temptation that has ever been
written:
NJ. Adam was all alone in re garden.
He have plenty for eat and plenty for
drink, and ees very comfortable, but
he ave not much clothes.
Won evening he lie down on ze
ground for take nap. In re morn
ing he wake viz pain in his side.
He say: 20 mon Dieu, vat ees ze
mattair, ehP All, le diable, ees one rib
gone! / shall take un promenade in
ze open air. shall feel bettaire.
He promenade. Mime. Eef she sp-
proach. 1t is re first lady zat M.
Adam had ever met; it ees Mime. Eefs
first entree to society. They approach
each other and both are very much
attract. M. Adam he say: Madam,
shall / ave re plaisair for promenade
viz your"
Mime. Eef respond, II shall be most
happy" and they walk together.
They promenade under an arbre;
un arbre viz the pretty appel on it; ze
appel viz re red streak.
NJ. lie Serpent he sit up in ze arbre.
He ave pretty mask all over hees face
look like elegant gentilhomme.
Nine Eef she see M. lie Serpent viz
re pretty mask and ze appel viz re red
streak, and she ees very much attract.
NJ. lie Serpent he say: "Mme. Eef,
shall ave re plaisair for peek you an
appelp"
Mime. Eef she reach out her hand
for take re appel.
VOLTA! Vat you do, ehp Do you not
know ees prohibit You must moi
touch re, appel. If you eat re appel
you shall come like un Dieu-you shall
know re good from re evilp"
NJ. lie Serpent he takes un pinch OF
snuff. He say: m. Adam, ees pro.
hibit for you. Ii you eat re appel you
shall become like un Dieu-yOu shall
know re good from re evil. But Nine
Eef-Mme. Eef-she cannot become
more of goddess zan she ees now.
And Eat finish Mime. Eef. - L0'
angeles Tribune.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-01
What Allied the Plaster.

"Well. Pat, what's the matterp'.
'.Matther enough, docther, an ali
aboot that plasther ye bed me put on my
back-Oi do be fergittin' the name Of
sor." Porous plaster wasn't itP" "Ye
may well call id that docther, for it
was the poores' plasther mesilf liver
hearn tell on" What was the matter
with it, I'd like to knowP" Dade an
id was an ovid one, sor, for as certain
as Dim telfin' ye, i'd was full of holes,
SO id was" Hoakers Gazette
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-01

Teacher (giving directions for stand
ing)-"S Stand with your heels together,
forty & Inns was followed Gy
face. Teacher-'.Well, Tim, do you
know what l meanp Do you know
what degree isp" Pupil-''Y Yes, sir. "
Teacher "Whatp" Pupil : Sixty
nine and one-fourth miles. ."-Bost0n
Journal Of Education.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-01

Near Anderson, w. Va, workmsn
discovered the opening to cave,
which has been explored for mile
1t contains all the characteristics of a
well-regulated cave-a stream of clear
running water, stalactites, stalagmites
and large chambers, and bids fair to
rival the best-known caves in the
country.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-01

If you are troubled with weak eyes
never sift ashes while facing the wind.
Get your wife to do it, or wait till tha
wind shifts to another Quarter.-Tsd,
Rits - /
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-01

Donald G. Mitchell Ok Marvef) digs
potatoes in his own little garden near
New Haven
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p. B.. CONANT,
a TTORNEY AT Law, Ravenna, o
IA Office in Blackstone Block, North Chest.
nut StreeI, Ravenna. Ohio
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Business Cards.

J. Fl. DUSSELL,
TTORNEY AT LAW, Counsel in
"A English and German, Office over Finh's
Clothing store, Phenix Block, Ravenna,
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AYOTARY PUBLIC, Mantua, o. Con-
~ yeyancing Collections and Pension Busl-
ness promptly attended to on the most reason
able terms, oS-n'
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I. H, PHELPS
A. w. BEMAN

A rroRNEY AND 0oUNsELLOR AT
IA Law, Office over BkLpING q Arm
sTRoNG's, Main ST.. Ravenna. Ohio.
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Attorney at Law. OFFICE, No. 26OS
Broadway C1sth W ard). Cleveland. ONO. 77s
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c. d. INGELL,

TTORNEY AT LAW and Notary
ery Store Mantua station, Ohio. 642-u.